Loaded Language (Emotive Language; High-Inference Language; language-Persuasive Techniques; Loaded Terms) (Charles Stevenson, 1930s) – vocabulary and phrasing intended to appeal to emotion rather than reason, such as “regime” instead of “leadership,” or “lecturing” instead of “explaining”
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Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2022). “Loaded Language (Emotive Language; High-Inference Language; language-Persuasive Techniques; Loaded terms)” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.
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